Huntsville gazette., 1887-11-19
SOUTHERN GL.EANiNGS.

FIofld an, died at Savannah, ia, few
days since. Colonel Cole came from
! Virginia family, and before the war was
n the United States army. He cast his
| fortunes with the South, and served the
| greater portion of the time on the staff of
! General Lee, and with signal ability.
| The dead body of a young man, sup
| posed to be Thos. Lee, former employe
of the Louisville & NashF lie railroad at
| Birmingham, Ala, was found in car
| load of lumber, in Nashville, Tenn, few
dass ago. There was a cash four inches
/ iilength in the head, and the slzgll was
fractured. A bill against Thomas Lee,
for board, receipted b. Miss Nancy Ham
bright, of Birmingham, was found on tho
remains. 1t is supposed Lee was killed
by falling lumber whie stealing a ride.
The University of Virginia has been left
! 5000 by deceased Baltimore lady.
The Tennessee Temperance Alliance
was in session in State convention at
! Nashville last week.
At the Benevolent Home in Atlanta,
Ca, patient who had cancer in his
stomach was kept alive for weeks by
nitro o-glycerine. The explosive was placed
on his tongue and absorbed into his sys-
tenn without being swallowed.
An alteration took place in Richmond,
Va, few davs ago between Hon. George
D. Wise and w. Mullen, editor of a pa
per called he Labor Herald. Both parties
were arrested and admitted to bail. The
difficulty grew out Of remarks made about
| Wise bv Mullen.
A naptha gas tank exploded at Hopkins
vile, Ky, few days since, killing out
right Superintendent J. y. Hawley's little
son Waiter who was sitting upon the
tank He was hurled eighty-five feet and
mutilated beyond recognition.
novel fea ture of the State Fair at
Columbia, s. c., was convention Of the
veteran farmers Of the State, no one being
eligible to participate who had not made
farming his principal avocation for the
past fifty years. Every county in the
State was represented.
mutinv occurred in the pententiary
at Nashville, Tenn, a few nights ago,
growing out of the attempt of watch
man to discipline a convict for an infrac-
ton Of prison rules. Two guards arrived
at an oppOrtune moment and managed to
put an end to what threatened to become
a very serious affair.
At Belleview, twelve miles fir ON Nash.
vile, Tenn, on the Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga & st. Louis road, few evenings since,
passenger train ran into a wagon at g
railroad crossing, instantly killing the oc-
cupants, an old man named Marks and his
child.
Levi Hill, a negro, shot and killed a
white woman known as Lille Hill, at Delta,
La.,a few days ago They had been living
together for some time as man and wife.
The murderer was arrested and placed in
iail. There was cons derable excite
ment over the affair, and it is looked as
though he might be tried by Judge
lynch.
The ringleaders Of the rioters at the
SADLY mines in Tennessee have been ar
rested and every thing is quiet. When
the mountaineers learned Of the arrival
Of the sheriff's posse they returned to the
mountains and were afraid to make an at.
tack. Several deputies are stationed at
the mines to prevent further trouble.
A kcg Of powder accidentally exploded
in the grocery store Of John Withers, al
Fddyvile, XIV, a few days ago. Captain
Vt. r. Gracey, a prominent Cumberland
river steamboatman, was seriously in
ured, and the clerk. Frank Evans, and
Dan Love and Isaac Marshall were fatal.
ly hurt.
DR.. William @. Ouchterl ony, only son
of Dr.. J. a. OuchterIony, of Louisville,
X, committed suicide in his bedroom at
the residence Of his father few nights
ago. Young Ouchterlonv had received
inisheI education IN the medical schools
of the East and OF Europe, and had
bright future his father being one of the
most prominent physicians not only OF
Kentucky, but of the country.
A hogsh head of tobacco weighing 1900
pounds was stolen from warehouse at
Mavfiald KY, few days since. W. W
Buzendne and James Sanderson, two
prominent buyers, have been arrested for
the theft having been indicted by the
grand jury. A railroad clerk named
Lucien Anderson, who, it is alleged, re-
ceived and shipped the weed, has fed the
country.
There has been a vigorous prosecution
Of liquor dealers in various towns in Ten
mes see since the late prohibition election
for violation of the laws regulating the
sale of liquor. Charles M0selv, proprietor
of the Sindle House at GaIlatin, was fined
500 and costs for selling whisky on Sun
day There were thirty cases against
him. His clerk was fined $50. There are
severalindictmen' against Mosely in the
Circuit Court, for the same offense.
Robert Jones, colored, was shot ir
Plaquemine Parish, La, n few days
since by Mrs. Mckay, who employed
Jones' wife as servant. While the serv
ant was busily ENGAGED in household
work, Jones made his appearance and
demanded that his wife should go back
home with him. She refused, and Mrs.
Mckay appearing at this moment, Jones
turned on her and tried to choke her,
when she drew revolver and shot him.
After a preliminary trial she was re.
leased on bond.
The annual session of the National
Agricultural Wheel, an organization
with half million members in Alabama,
Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississir.
pi. Tennessee, Texas and the Indian Ter.
ritorv, was held last week at Mckenzie,
Tenn. The election Of officers resulted as
follows: President, Isaac McCracken, Of
Arkansas; vice-presidents, John Rush
ing, of Missouri, and ". J. B. Lloyd, OF
Indian Territory; secretary and treasur-
err. A. e. Gardner. of Tennessee; nation
al lecturer, E. B. Erwin, OF Kentucky;
trustees-O. H. Miller, of Tennessee; w.
H. Ouayles, of Arkansas, and J. a. Hop